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after years of allocations but precious little evidence, house speaker kevin mccarthy launches an impeachment inquiry into president biden. also the escaped killer already dangerous, apparently desperate, and now he is armed. plus our gary tuchman board a storm tracker flight with the latest on where hurricane lee is heading. good evening, thanks for joining us. we begin tonight, keeping them honest, with house speaker kevin mccarthy's decision to launch an impeachment inquiry into president biden. here is what mccarthy told brett partners a couple of weeks ago. i'm quoting. to open an impeachment inquiry is a important matter. house republicans would not take it lightly or use and for political purposes. he went on to say, if we move forward with the impeachment inquiry it with a current or a vote on the floor of the people's house and not for a declaration that one person. so not to a declaration that one person is what he said. to his credit, he's been firm on that 0. 4 years. harry is in 2019 saying, quote, speaker pelosi can't decide on impeachment unilaterally. it requires a full vote of the house of representatives.

so democrats, republicans, it appeared to speaker mccarthy, you don't just go around launching and patient inquiries. here he is earlier today. >> these are allegations of abuse of power, obstruction, and corruption. they warrant further investigation by the house of representatives. that's why today i am directing our house committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. >> after years of saying one thing, today he decide another. call it on three house committees to run appreciating inventing president biden and his families -- former president referred to the bidens as the puck in crime family. they make plenty of allegations over the years, trying to run the president with his sons that's activities. as for evidence, though, there hasn't been any. here is congressman james comer who chose one of the committees not running the investigation on fox news back in may after making some of those

allegations. >> you don't actually have any effect to that point. you have got some circumstantial evidence, and the other thing is, of all those names, the one person who didn't profit is, there is no evidence that joe biden did anything illegally. >> we are at the very beginning stages of this. but in talking with the informants we have, some of the former biden associates that nobody's heard from yet, we know that joe biden was actively involved and we're still looking for more bank records that we believe will implicate joe biden's active participation in this at the end of the day.

>> that was back in march. by mid summer, house republicans were tenant they said would be evidence from one of hundred biden's former business partners, it met and devin archer. in his testimony before the oversight committee, archer a great the biden family name helped him and dealings with foreign businesses including -- paint hunter biden to be on their board. however, in closed-door testimony before the committee, here is what he said about whether he knew of any wrongdoing by then vice president biden. the transport, by the white, was published but republican-controlled committee. question, are you aware of any wrongdoing by vice president biden? answer, no. i'm not aware of any. question, so based on everything you saw, heard, and observed, did you have any knowledge of joe biden having any involvement with --? >> no, no direct. no. question, no involvement of joe biden -- answer, no. that was the star witness who may have maintained a not-so-fluttering picture of president biden but also supplied no evidence whatsoever that his father did anything wrong. which takes us back to speaker mccarthy and his 2019 tweet complaining about nancy pelosi's decision to launch impeachment proceedings against the former president of ukraine. quoting this time from 0. 3, four dams this is all about politics, not about facts. well, keeping them honest, by that point, the skill effect of

the scandal had already been known for several weeks. namely that the former president and issued a veiled threat to withhold military aid from ukraine unless president zelenskyy said he was launching an investigation to smear joe biden. this time, republicans have found no evidence tying president biden to any wrongdoing. so what is speaker mccarthy doing what he's doing? one answer infect the answer might be fun and video back in january. on the right, congressman mccarthy during his marathon to when the speakership. on the left is former congressman matt gaetz, who changed his vote from present to us on the fifth ballot. and exchange, mccarthy agreed to a series of concessions to pregnant lawmakers, including a provision to enable a single member to vote to oust him. for weeks now, members including matt gaetz have been pushing for impeachment. last night, congressman gaetz said he would be speaking to the house floor and attacked the speaker for not complying with parts of that deal. today, despite what certainly appears to be an effort to appease him and other conservative members, gaetz did just that dismissing the impeachment talk as a baby

step. joining us now is colorado republican congressman can block. congressman, thank you so much for being with us. two days ago you said the time for impeachment is when there is evidence linking president biden to a high crime or misdemeanor. you said, quote, that doesn't exist right now. do you still feel that way tonight? >> i have not seen any evidence that links president biden to hunter biden's activities at this point. i will be getting a briefing later in the week and i'm looking forward to understanding more of what the oversight committee has uncovered, but, at this, point i have not seen that evidence. >> so, speaker mccarthy certainly does not have to hold a full house vote to authorize the impeachment inquiry, but he has always said that he would. he said so two fridays ago. is it clear to you what changed other than the threat from the matt gaetz is? >> what changed is that he doesn't have the votes in the republican votes to pass a resolution open an antitrust inquiry. they have been trying to get those votes, but i don't believe they have the votes. >> why is he doing this?

>> well, because, that is a great question. why is he doing it. the three committees, the oversight committee, the judiciary committee, and the ways and means committee are investigating and they're invite skating under biden's activities. they should be investigating, there uncovering interesting information. like i said, they haven't found that link yet to joe biden if it exists, but what speaker mccarthy is doing is that he has biden on the one hand, i'm sorry president trump on the one hand who is demanding that the house open an impeachment inquiry and begin an impeachment of president biden and, on the other hand, he has spending bills that are coming up and he needs to support members of the republican conference to help get that continuing resolution passed and appropriations bills. >> in your opinion does this impeachment inquiry take away focus and house on government spending in a government shutdown? >> i believe it does and i think it wasn't shiny objects from the beginning and i think it was a mistake just are talking about the impeachment inquiry. it's a good thing that we're

not voting on the floor because we've got a lot of work to do if we're going to pass a continuing resolution by september 30th and avert a government shutdown. >> so but not doing it on the floor, it does allow you to continue on the continued resolution? >> exactly. it allows us to focus on spending rather than other issues like the impeachment, yes. >> congressman gaetz today downplayed what mccarthy has done, he downplayed the impeachment announcement as a baby step and renewed his -- to secret mccarthy's renewal if the speaker doesn't come into what the speaker comes into immediate total compliant with the, and, quote the speakership in the first place. do you know what that even means and do you think mccarthy survives this a speaker? >> i think kevin mccarthy survives for several reasons. the main one being that nobody else wants to be speaker in this place. but i do think -- >> that's not a great job description there. >> no, it's not, i guarantee that you won't see speaker back in the same sentence. but i do think that he survives this, it is important that we make sure that we get funding

for the next ear and that kevin mccarthy is the only person that most republicans are going to support in that process. >> you mentioned that cnn reporting that former president trump spoke today with -- about the impeachment strategy. is, he, is he really the one driving this? >> i don't know whether he is driving it directly or indirectly. certainly as he participates in social media and talked about this on social media he is driving the activists to call caught members of congress and get involved. so whether he called kevin murkowski directly or whether he is just sort of getting the troops riled up, i am not sure which way it happened. but certainly members of congress are hearing about it. >> so what happens now in the spending? on the continued resolution? >> first thing is we are going to try to pass a few spending bills, appropriations bills this week and next week, so we would like to get to three or four bills done by the end of next week and then will focus

on the continuing resolution following week and hopefully, by september 30th, we will have a deal. >> congressman, bakari shaker time tonight. >> thank you. >> yesterday jamie raskin, ranking democrat on the house putting out a memo rebutting allegations about president biden. quoting from a portion of, it said this is a transfer an effort to boost gems campaign by establishing a false moral cleveland state between trump, the former indicted president now facing night when federal and state charges, versus a mountain of damning evidence for a shocking range of felonies including lying to the fbi, endangering national security by illegally keeping classified documents, and conspiring to subvert the u.s. constitution and president biden, against whom there's precisely zero evidence of any wrongdoing whatsoever. congressman raskin joins us now so, thank you for being with us. you heard congressman block and what is your reaction to speaker mccarthy launching this impeachment inquiry? >> well, it is ridiculous, of course. you've got people who voted not

to impeach donald trump for inciting a violent insurrection against the union, either because they don't think that is a crime, or because they don't think that the evidence was there, even though the evidence was overwhelming. we did have ten republicans who joined us in the house and several republicans who voted to convict in the senate. in any case you've got all these republicans who can't bring themselves to vote to impeach donald trump who tried to overthrow a presidential election and attacked our constitutional order. now moving to impeach joe biden for reasons unstated. now, so i think that is absurd. i applaud congressman budd from colorado who is a district attorney and was the chief of the criminal division of the u.s. attorney's office in colorado. he understands the criminal law and understands the constitutional law and knows that the whole thing is absurd. there is no evidence of treason, bribery, or high crimes in misdemeanors. there is no evidence of any crime at all by joe biden and

so all of this is clearly being driven by donald trump, who want to establish this counterfeit, moral equivalency between the two of them just so that he can say that he's running against another impeached president. so it is really silly and they are extracting this as their price for going along, it least this week with not trying to shut the government down. but i think a lot of the inside critics of what is happening in the republican conference will tell you that they really do intend to try to shut the government down before than of september. >> what you think changed? mccarthy was saying that merck earth he would launch an impeachment inquiry through a full house vote. is it pressure from the former president, essentially, and gates and others? >> it is a combination of that escalating political pressure within the gop, but also enough of them coming forward and saying that they will not -- the budget this week, unless he launches the impeachment

inquiry. now they are not satisfied with what mccarthy has done on either front, on the impeachment side. all he is really said is that the three committees, ways and means, judiciary, and the committee i serve on now as the ranking democrat oversight, will continue to do what they have been doing. it is not forming a new impeachment committee. the oversight is supposed to be leading, but each going to do their own work. i think very quickly the mark matt gaetz, marjorie taylor greene, caucus is going to grow frustrated with that. it is not going to be enough for them and they are also, you know, in this rule or ruin mindset, really hoping to get the republicans to drive the economy into a ditch and shut the government down again, which of course they did a few years ago. so we will see whether mccarthy will actually be able to subdue

the tumultuous-ness going on within the republican conference. >> you really believe the republicans want to drive the economy into a ditch for political purposes? and because, when there is a government shutdown, doesn't it hurt the folks on capitol hill who made it happen? >> well, i'm not sure that you can always rationalize the behavior of the maga caucus. they are constantly pushing for the most extremist and fanatical actions. there is no program really that unifies the republican conference ever since donald trump took everything over. they literally had no platform for four years and their real platform consists of whatever don't trump tells them to do. so, i think that they do have a rule or ruin mentality. if they're not going to be in charge of their drug going to try to create as much trouble as possible. they didn't work with us on the 1.2 trillion dollar infrastructure investment package, they didn't work with us on the inflation reduction

act, and inflation is down from 9% to 3% and we have this massive investment in climate action as well as lowering everybody's prescription drug prices. we didn't get a single republican vote for any of that. they are not interested in making progress unless they are in control and, of course, when they're in control, progress is just massive tax cuts to the wealthiest people in the country and treating women out of their constitutional rights. >> republican senator mitt romney who obviously voted to convict trump in both the impeachment trials he was quoted today saying, this is, quote the fact the white house has been singularly silent and coddle to hunter biden suggests an inquiry is not appropriate. you can't really paint him as a maga extremist, do you think the white house should have, could have handled the hunter biden saga better? >> you know, i am not closely watching the white house. what i am doing is engaged in the work of the oversight committee. so, for seven months, we have watched the publicans on the

oversight committee get all the witnesses they want, all the documents they, want more than 12,000 pages of documents and there is no evidence of any criminality or wrongdoing by joe biden. there is 91 criminal charges against donald trump right now, 13 criminal charges against congressman santos who is just on the show a few moments ago. they have nothing to say about that, there are no charges against joe biden and they want to impeach the guy. that is obviously coming from donald trump. it is sort of like a january 6th. january 6th would not have happened if it on trump had not got all the right wing groups to change their permits from the national park service from january 20th, where they are just going to have an inaugural protest, january 6th. it's the same thing here, if known trump were not demanding impeachment does anybody think that this would be going on? >> congressman raskin, we appreciate your time tonight. >> thank you for having. me >> coming up next, the latest on the hunt for an escaped killer who is now armed as well. and also what our gary tuchman sought from a storm chaser

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enough to use the weapon. that weapon is a 22 caliber rifle the escaped convict stole from a garage last night. the homeowner was there and shot at the internet with a handgun, but he escaped. the rifle he took also had a scope and a flashlight attached. >> what is most concerning is, with the rifle and the scope that he can set up an ambush, or if he's east of his coming through the woods, he's able to preposition and get ready. >> there is no evidence the fugitive was injured by the shots part attempt. he still take on just two hours after yet another report road citing. police responded within minutes, but found only matching footprints in the mud and discarded prison shoes. a pair of boots than discovered missing from a nearby porch. locals say that many residents know how to use firearms against a trespasser. >> god help him if he tries to do anything like. that >> upwards of 500 officers are now involved in the search working shifts as long as 20 hours.

the search area now 8 to 10 square miles, 20 miles north of the prison he escaped from. over the weekend emerged to steal a van from a dairy farm and ring the doorbell of at least two former work associates. >> he has spent time in that area in the past, so he is familiar with. it >> presidents in the search area receiving this morning by phone. >> block all external doors and windows, secure vehicles, and remain indoors. >> one nearby school district closing today, three of those keeping kids inside. >> we do not have evidence at this time that there is assistance being rendered to this individual. in fact, quite the contrary. we have had wonderful cooperation from the public. if you do anything, anything to try to assist this individual we will hold you accountable. >> cavalcante was sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing his former girlfriend in 2021. he is also wanted in his native of brazil in a 2017 homicide case. >> it is a possibility that tillatoba easter trying to get

away, it's a possibility that he'll attack a civilian, it's a possibility that it would be a suicide by cop. >> brian, what are police saying about any advantages that the inmate might have written? how does he know the area? >> that was right, anderson. one advantage that he could have is that, according to police, he has been to this area of chester county before and is familiar with at least some parts of it. but, one key disadvantage that he could have, tonight it could be moving around shirtless. police say he ditched the green hoodie and white t-shirt at the foot of that driveway of the house where the homeowner fired on him last night. at last word today they said they have no reason to believe that he had any other clothing on and, anderson, it's expected to rain heavily overnight tonight. >> brian todd. chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst john miller. so, he's got a gun, and he knows the area. that does not sound good. >> it's not good. he is between phoenixville, where he has a friends, family, contacts, and -- which is much more rural and

wouldn't. so, theoretically, you know, he has been hiding in the woods again during the daytime and may be moving again tonight. >> so how concerned, certainly the public should be concerned, they put out this reverse 9-1-1 call, although this guy left his garage door open with a rifle leaning up there. >> yeah, so that is actually, you know, there is an escaped prisoner on the loose leaving a loaded rifle leaning up the garage. it sounds very questionable. but, to get back to the change, this was a game of cat and mouse, and now it is a game of cat and cat. he's armed in a similar way that law enforcement is. he's got a weapon with a full magazine of ammunition, it has a telescopic scope, it has a tactical flashlight, and he is carrying that around. now, that can work in his favor in that he is now evenly matched as an armed escaped

prisoner. it can work to his disadvantage because he doesn't have anywhere to put it. if he's going to go out into neighborhoods and try to surface again to see people. >> other than just being vigilant and, you know, checking past contacts or anybody that he may have had contact with in the distant past because we know that he did go to some distant coworkers that he knew, what do you do in a case like? this >> i mean they have that perimeter, this has been a challenge because he has used to his advantage the ability to survive in the wild and to sneak out of those perimeters, but they've got a lot more people. also, it's important to note that the rules of engagement have changed. now he's a threat to the public, he could carjack someone, what he needs is distance and cash. he could rob a, story has got the weapon, and when i say the rules of engagement have changed, this authorizes the pennsylvania state police, u.s. marshals, to operate under different rules, which is that if they encounter him and he

does not surrender right then and there and tries to flee or do anything else, they are authorized to shoot at him. which, normally with a fleeing felon, unless they are presenting a deadly threat to you, but in that he has got one emerge behind, him he's wanted for another, he's escaped, and he's armed, it makes it different. >> it is frustrating on the outside looking at this because you hear that he was cited, people called police, by the time police got there he had disappeared. how far could he have gotten? >> well, he has made it in leaps and spurts. he's made it 20 miles from the jail that he escaped from. he covered a lot of the distance in the van that he stole. now he is looking for that opportunity, which is is there another vehicle i can jump in? does somebody else leave the keys? is there a car running in front of a house or outside of the store while somebody runs in to get something? then there is the need for resources like money.

again, that gun is the changing factor here. >> the fact that he is armed, it literally changes the rules of engagement for police. >> it does. again, if he were a burglar, somebody from a non violent crime and was running from police, they wouldn't be able to shoot at a fleeing felon according to the supreme court doctrine on this. but it is two homicides, he has escaped from prison, he's alluded to police, he is armed now, and that doesn't change the rules of engagement. police have been instructed to that point. >> john miller, thank you so much. north korea's kim jong-un apparently on the verge of meeting with vladimir putin. russian state media saying it could happen any hour now. it is still surrounding their anticipated summit. cnn chief international anchor christiane amanpour joins me with her perspective in a moment. so caramel swirl is always there for the taking.

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- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don't know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. >> russian state media is now reporting for putin could meet with north korean leader kim jong un letters night, which would be wednesday and russia. the expected summit still shrouded in secrecy without details on when and where they may. it kim arrived and referred to on his armoured train. it rip trip for the leader who really leaves his country. new video from russian state media showing kim earlier today when he met with two russian government officials. when he met with putin, the u. s. warns they will likely make an arms deal which russia needs for the war in ukraine -- offering the north koreans cash or missile technology.

join me now, christiane amanpour, who is also celebrating 40 years at cnn. >> i want to talk to you about your 40th anniversary which was extraordinary. let's talk about what's happening and russia. kim jong un, the moroccan missing. it is extraordinary. >> yes, and to be honest with you, that's how the u. s. and its allies are framing it. in other words, everybody's sort of, oh my goodness, what's going to happen, is it going to be a huge arms transfer, is it going to materially trying to battle plan and ukraine? most people will be including the british foreign secretary who just stepped down, and defense country, basically says the most russia can hope for would be some old weapon systems, like 1960s weapons distance, and maybe some artillery shells. but it does go to prove, at i've heard many senior security and military analysts say, russia is desperate. it is a long war. there is attrition.

there is a huge amount of expenditure of ammunition and also the accordion urging. but the idea that russia goes to ukraine, or rather to kim jong-un, cap in hand, to prop up its imperialistic empire dreams is really a telling sign. >> and what does north korea potentially get out of it? it has been set north korea might get money, although, i don't know, putin, you know, he's under sanctions. might get technology, maybe missile technology. maybe nuclear submarine technology. that kind of thing. but south korea has said, and i think china would say something, look, please be responsible. north korea is an irrational pariah state which has been sanctioned with an inch of its life. and there is reason for. that china is not friendly with kim jong un, obviously south korea aren't. so they don't want to see this happen. they don't want putin to do this kind of deal. >> what do you make of vladimir putin at russia's eastern economic forum referencing former president donald trump? >> it's a little rich, but the

fact of the matter is, he did say the trials and charges are politically motivated. and he went on to suggest, it shows america is rotten. well, fine. he's a dictator who doesn't have to address or answer to any judiciary, any independents, any democratic mandate. and of course, these authoritarians like donald trump. he's been quite nice to them. and yes it would rather see him in office and even kim jong-un who as we know, there together, has met with donald trump. twice nothing came of it. and who knows what would have happened if trump had been in office when putin illegally interference, or rather, invaded ukraine? and of course russia doesn't want to see a strong, democratic leader, biden, with a strong democratic consensus, nato, and the eu propping up the defense of democracy. >> i've got to told you about four years at cnn. you started when you were three.

>> yes, i started when i was three. >> yes, it's incredible. but honestly, you have always been a journalistic idol of mine. i was in the early 90s when i was trying to make it overseas. i would say to you, i first saw you in somalia. i saw you from afar in sarajevo. i saw you later on in kinshasa for the full of mobutu. i remember you 94, the exile above -- >> oh my gosh, in haiti -- >> i have been looking at you from afar and what's up what you are doing. it was two shy -- >> you followed me -- yes, you did it. >> but what is it that keeps you so engaged and so motivated after 40 years? >> well, it is an incredible, incredible adventure. there is no doubt about. it obviously with a platform like cnn, which is so powerful, as you will know, you've been doing this for 20 years, congratulations. you really have an opportunity not just to tell stories and to assume the truth, but maybe to

change things a little bit for the better. maybe to help explain other people to an american audience and to a global audience. maybe even to focus your lens and your storytelling to the extent that it might even, maybe, prod our democratic government into doing something good. like in bosnia, for me that was my most important body of work. it has the most profound influence on me personally and professionally for what i had understand and learn there about the world and about how you don't treat victims. how you don't do both side-ism when it's not appropriate. how you don't create any kind of a false equivalence or a factual immoral. bosnia told me that. and in the end, because all of us capes that story, the human story, a live, it finally

forced the u. s. and its allies to actually come in, after yet another terrible marketplace massacre against civilians, to just do a little bombing for 20 days. and i say that not flippantly because they weren't bombing people or civilians, or even soldiers. they were bombing military emplacements and they stop the war in 20 days. >> does it ever surprise you what human beings do to each other? >> it is horrifying. i think i've become, unfortunately, used to it. it does surprise me and it is unhittable and i will never be cynical enough or hardened enough to say, oh well, that's just where the world. but i think my way of making it matter, and your way of making it matter, is to keep telling these stories and to keep going there and to be the eyes and ears for people who want to know. but people are good, i think. >> nobody does it better than you. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> coming up with power speaker kevin mccarthy's impeachment announcement, it's hard to please the extremist win of his party -- we talk to the bestseller of how democracies die about their new book, the tyranny of the minority and what they say there is reason to hope.

>> this is cnn breaking news. >> hello, everyone, i would like to welcome our viewers in the united states joining us on this breaking news. i am john vause. it is 10:37 past the hour. i am in atlanta. we have broken-ism isn't russian. the north korean leader kim jong-un and the russian president vladimir putin are now meeting face to face for the first time in four years. these images are from state media in russia. they show the russian president vladimir putin shaking's head with kim jong-un, who crossed into rush or other on tuesday, with the mystery as to his whereabouts. there was a lot of mystery about what the day meeting with take place. there is an easter economic form. they are now and they port city of -- where the russians launched their missiles and satellites. as you can see, this meeting is taking place and will be moving sharp there in his suit. the two men seemingly happy. the russian president said to

kim jong-un, hi, glad to see you, how was your trip? the response from kim jong-un soon was to thank him for the invitation to russia. there was a lot of speculation about what the meeting would be about, according to u.s. intelligence and other western officials, it's all about weapons, selling the russian artillery shells and anti-tank missiles from north korea. for more on this, let's go to kristie lu stout, joining live from hong kong. it happened, we now know work injunction is, solve the mystery of that. this meeting about to take place, so what are we expecting in the coming hours? >> yeah, this suspected meeting is apparently happening. the north korean leader kim jong-un and the russian leader vladimir putin are at the space center in eastern russia. they have shaken hands. we have been monitoring video released from the cameron showing the two video side by side greeting each other, vladimir putin telling kim, glad to see you, how was your trip, and kim jong-un responding, thank you for

inviting us and welcoming us, while your work is busy, unquote. this comes after north korea fired two short-range missiles earlier today into the water on the east coast of the crimean peninsula. we learned this from south korea's joint chief of staff. analysts point out that this is the first time that we have seen a missile launch without north korea leader kim jong-un in the country. in fact, it's the first time it has happened with him out of the country. the meeting between putin and kim, the united states says they too are, quote, actively advancing the talks over yet another arms deal. i want to show you video of kim's arrival in hassan, in russia. this has made rare gateway to russia's far east. he arrived in house on 6 am on tuesday, and he was greeted with a red carpet welcome. he was just in a, sutra stepped off the train, welcomed by the russian delegation. he left pyongyang earlier on sunday to go to russia by that

famous private train, as you see there on your screen, the famous green armored coach and also on board, and with kim jong-un, in for sochi, in russia to meet with putin, are some of north korea's top officials, including its leading military officials, as well as the chief diplomat of the dprk. now, this is kim jong-un's first overseas trip since 2019, before the pandemic, and that trip, that was when he traveled to vladivostok for his first ever summit with vladimir putin. how the u.s. says it remains concerned. what will happen here? the encounter between the two leaders is that north korea will provide more arms to russia. last week, we heard from u.s. officials that they said that kim and putin are expected to discuss potential arms deals for russia to get more north korean weapons for russia to use in its war against ukraine, and inaction exchange for the weapons, north korea reportedly looking for advanced technology.

it wants a satellites, nuclear power submarines, as well as desperately needed food aid for the isolated country. now, the north korea russian relationship is already close, and it is deepening here. it is taking a significant step forward with disputing, now apparently underway after that handshake greeting and welcome in vostochny. back to you, john. >> kristie, i guess a couple of things about the missile launch with kim jong-un at the country. it is significant. we also have to say that kim jong-un rarely leaves the country. for a missile launch to take place when he is out at the country in itself is interesting, but he has not made trips in 12 years. take that for what it is worth. clearly, happening before the summit, that does have some meaning to it. but what is iffy here is that kim jong-un is in a different position right now to hit what north korea is used to. normally, the north koreans are

reliant on china, relying on china's assistance, rely on china for oil, for any kind of military aid or diplomatic cover at the united nations. now, he has two superpowers, regional powers in russia. russia can supply oil, russia can supply military assistance, that the north koreans need, so where does this now leave beijing in the equation, because north korea has been seeing so much of a compliance day of china for so long, that whole dynamic seems to be in flux for now. >> yeah, this is an interesting point, how is beijing watching this? you know beijing is watching this meeting and oil is happening right now in vostochny at the space center very closely. but officially, what we have heard from beijing is a very cool message. we heard from the ministry of foreign affairs spokesperson, when posed the question on tuesday afternoon, how does beijing regard, at the time, expected meeting between putin and kim? how response was that the dprk leader visit to russia's

interim between the two countries, unquote. but look, china as a very friendly relationship but with north korea. china along with russia has shielded north korea at the united nations. china has blamed the u.s. and its allies in the region for stoking tensions on the korean peninsula. and china was also part of that delegation. that visited north korea when it showed off its armory, showed off its wares in july. you recall the russian defense minister, mr. shoigu was there with the russian delegation, very powerful official on the chinese side, -- he was in the chinese delegation to see what weapons that north korea had an offer. and analysts point out that this is a turn jeweler relationship. you've got russia, north korea, have china. china is the most powerful of the three. china has the most to lose economically. china is watching these events take place with great interest,

great caution, as it looks up for its own interest, john? >> and while officially, we don't know what the leaders will be talking about, it has been widely reported, quoting western officials and western intelligence, particularly american intelligence, that the main discussion between the two leaders will be north korea supplying the russians with some much needed ammunition for their war in ukraine. both sides, ukrainians and russians, have been burning through stockpiles and artillery shells and other ammunitions are an incredible rate. the question is, north korea is a country under a 24-hour, seven days a week, 50 -- do they have the capacity to ramp up production to make the artillery shells and to satisfy or composed to satisfying russia's needs in that respect. will it make any kind of difference through the war in ukraine, and i guess logistically, how can they get this ammunition, the huge stockpile of ammunition, which the russians need to cater to russia? >> that is a good question, john.

in practical terms, at the end of the day, what can north korea offer the russians? russia needs more artillery, more weapons to use. it's more against ukraine, but it's the symbolic value here that no doubt can jump on is really valuing and craving. the pressure of north korean relationship is deep, and it's deepening. we know that joint military exercises are being discussed. this is what we heard announced by the russian defense minister last week. we know that between the two leaders leading up to this moment, they had exchanges extremely warm letters to each other, pledging to build the alliance. pledging to increase cooperation and last year, the u.s. said that north korea was able to deliver rockets and missiles into russia for use by wagner forces, which is something that north korea denies. and this is why the u.s. has been warning of this active

advancement and talks with another rounds of arms talks between the two leaders. they warned that this meeting with take place, which as we see from this footage, that putin and kim are in vostochny, shaking hands, ready to greet each other. a meeting is underway, and the u.s. meanwhile is urging north korea, do not give arms to russia. back to you, john. >> thanks, kristie. a final point here, what is truly interesting is that these allied images of these two leaders at this one point at the same time on essentially a dog and pony show of their facilities, it's incredible that these pictures are coming out live. normally in the past, any information about kim jong-un's whereabouts once it has gone, ultimately the same with vladimir putin. it's exam there, and these are the images that we are now seeing, live images, we believe of these two leaders who are out and about, shaking hands and on a tour.

a meeting that we will be closely watching to see what comes at the, if we can find out any more developments or details as this goes on, we'll bring them to you. in the meantime, kristie lu stout in hong kong, thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. >> we'll take a short break here on cnn. when we come back, what's behind the house speaker's decision to open a impeachment inquiry into the u.s. president, because so far, there is little evidence or no evidence of an impeachable crime? angreat savings. (crowd cers)

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>> 51 minutes past the hour, an update on the breaking news, kim jong-un and vladimir putin are meeting in eastern russia. but flutters arrived moments ago at the vostochny cosmodrome, russia space port. they shook hands, greeted each other quite warmly. according to russian state media, they have been touring the facility. we see these images live. kim jong-un has been asking detailed questions about how the vostochny cosmodrome works. it's where russia launched many satellites into space, also near kazakhstan. they will discuss a possible weapons deal, artillery shells and possible other emissions coming to them. we'll have a live report on this at the top of the hour, stay with us. in the meantime, u.s. house speaker kevin mccarthy as ordered a formal impeachment inquiry into president joe biden, this despite any evidence that links biden to russia or illegal acts or any

evidence to prove allegations that biden profited from his son's business dealings. the white house responded with a social media post saying that they, quote, vowed to hold a vote on impeachment, and now, he flipped up because he does not have support. they called it move extreme politics at its worse. here's more now from cnn's melanie zanona in rosenstein. >> kevin mccarthy facing threats to his speakership, giving the greenlight to and impeachment inquiry and to president joe biden. >> today, i am directing our house committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. >> a dramatic escalation of the house gop investigation into the president. >> house republicans have uncovered serious, credible allegations into president biden's conduct. taken together, these allegations paint a picture of a culture of corruption. >> mccarthy today repeated

several allegations made by some of his gop colleagues, including that as vice president, biden joined meetings with hunter biden's business partner, that the treasury department as flag suspicious financial activity by the biden family, and that the president has lied about knowledge of his family's business deals. but asked republicans have so far not provided evidence that biden directly profited off his son's business deals or made any decisions as vice president because of them. >> there is zero evidence of any malfeasance on the part of joe biden. >> the effort as faced resistance from some in the gop over the lack of evidence. >> what i want to do is look at the evidence, and i said i'll go where the evidence takes me. i am reluctant to agree with the speaker mccarthy. >> mccarthy as been facing pressure from the right and former president donald trump to move ahead. >> moments ago, speaker mccarthy endorsed an impeachment inquiry. this is a baby step following

weeks of pressure from house conservatives to do more. we must move faster. >> a trio of house committees leading the way. the speaker has not put a timeline on the process, adult mccarthy ally martell or green said that there is no rush. >> i am interested in going as long as it takes. >> but marking a mccarthy reversal, no formal vote on the launch, aimed at protecting's most vulnerable members. >> that puts a lot of seats up at risk, particularly for republicans who won biden districts. >> house republicans believe that the public is on their side. according to a cnn poll, 61% of americans believe that biden was involved in his son's business deals as vice president, while 42% think he acted illegally. some gop senators are uncertain of mccarthy's approach. >> the way to make an inquiry legitimate is to have a vote as to whether or not you should have won at all, rather than a leadership. >> and democrats, not sweating the door of impeachment.

>> it's devastating. oh, don't do it, please, don't do it. >> and house republicans have already taken their first official step in the impeachment inquiry. on tuesday afternoon, a trio of house committee sent a letter to attorney general merrick garland, requesting all information and all documents about whether under biden's attorneys encourage the irs whistleblowers to be retaliated against the department of justice. the irs whistleblowers have claimed that the doj mishandled and politicized the criminal probe into hunter biden. but the doj as the night all wrongdoing. mounties it on us, cnn, capitol hill. >> thank you for watching cnn newsroom, please stay with us, i am john vause, i will be back after a short break. a bit at the top of the hour with more news, especially the brickeys coverage of vladimir putin and kim jong-un meeting in russia.

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